The NCAA announced Thursday it has canceled the Division I men’s and women’s 2020 basketball tournament over the coronavirus outbreak. College athletics’ governing body made the decision to cancel the event hours after several conferences decided to cancel their own respective men’s and women’s tournaments due to the outbreak. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS“Today, NCAA President Mark Emmert and the Board of Governors canceled the Division I men’s and women’s 2020 basketball tournaments, as well as all remaining winter and spring NCAA championships. Although they didn’t specify whether it involved the basketball tournaments or not, the NCAA made that decision for them later in the day. The NCAA took the next step in canceling the entire tournament, breaking from the NBA, NHL and MLS who suspended their seasons and MLB, which canceled spring training games and delayed Opening Day.

Source: Fox News March 12, 2020 20:24 UTC